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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Action for auditd to take when disk errors

    'The setting for disk_error_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|hal...
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk is full

    'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt...
    Value
  • Auditd priority for flushing data to disk

    The setting for flush in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk

    The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Maximum audit log file size for auditd

    The setting for max_log_file in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when log files reach their maximum size

    The setting for max_log_file_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf. The following options are available: <br>ignore - audit daemon does nothing. <br>sys...
    Value
  • Number of log files for auditd to retain

    The setting for num_logs in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Size remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left (MB) in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk space just starts to run low

    The setting for space_left_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • The percentage remaining in disk space before prompting space_left_action

    The setting for space_left as a percentage in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Configure audispd Plugin To Send Logs To Remote Server

    Configure the audispd plugin to off-load audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. Set the <code>remote_server...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra_defrtr

    Accept default router in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra_pinfo

    Accept prefix information in router advertisements?
    Value
  • Configure audispd's Plugin disk_full_action When Disk Is Full

    Configure the action the operating system takes if the disk the audit records are written to becomes full. Edit the file <code>/etc/audisp/audisp-r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Encrypt Audit Records Sent With audispd Plugin

    Configure the operating system to encrypt the transfer of off-loaded audit records onto a different system or media from the system being audited. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure audispd's Plugin network_failure_action On Network Failure

    Configure the action the operating system takes if there is an error sending audit records to a remote system. Edit the file <code>/etc/audisp/audi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd to use audispd's remote logging daemon

    To configure the <code>auditd</code> service to use the <code>audisp-remote</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor, set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the audispd's remote logging daemon direction is correct

    Ensure the direction of logs in <code>audisp-remote</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor is correct. Check that the <...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the audispd's remote logging daemon executable is correct

    Ensure the executable used by <code>audisp-remote</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor is correct. Check that the <co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the audispd's remote logging daemon type is correct

    Ensure the type used by <code>audisp-remote</code> plug-in of the <code>audispd</code> audit event multiplexor is correct. Check that the <code>typ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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